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In many ways, the courses were established thanks to public activist Nadezhda Stasova, who headed the women's movement in Russia and thanks to whose efforts women in noble families were able to...
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- A Stroke of Luck
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- The Price of Freedom
This "normal Soviet school" is situated in impressive grounds three miles northwest of the Kremlin. Were it not for a high brick wall, the security gates and a ban on leaving school grounds unaccompanied by an adult, it'd be a classic campus (which, by the way, was not a typical school premises in the Soviet period). There's a new classroom facilit...
The childhood backgrounds of the majority of girls are similar: life in a military compound somewhere in this vast country, lessons in the garrison, and uncertain prospects. Then there's an unexpected turn of events: someone happens to see a report on the news, or father, returning from duty one day, who announces at the front door an offer that ca...
The boarding school admits girls, aged 10-11, who have finished primary school, and their place is fully funded by the state. There's very stiff competition for places, and Taisya refuses to say how many girls apply each year (the numbers are not made public), but when I mention I've heard from the girls that 20 applicants compete for each place sh...
Once a month, the girls are allowed to go into town accompanied by relatives or an authorized chaperone. Every three months a Birthday Celebration Day is held to fete those girls whose birthdays fell in the relevant period. The disco is a much awaited treat, especially because it's a rare occasion when the girls have boy visitors - from the Cadet C...
The Industrial Academy (Russian: Промакадемия) was an educational institution operating in Moscow from 1925 to 1941; it also had branches in Leningrad (from 1929) and Sverdlovsk (from 1931).
An inside look at Russia's first military academy for girls — and what it might mean for the US.
Mar 26, 2012 · Many of the girls come from military families and dream of careers serving Russia, whether in the army, the police force or the Federal Security Service. A museum inside the school celebrates...
More than 150,000 young women applied to become ‘Miss Russia 2022’. The final was held in Moscow on July 25 and saw 25 finalists compete against one another.
In 2009 the school got its present name Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts (Russian: Московская Государственная Художественно-Промышленная Академия им. С.Г. Строганова). Currently it is one of the most diverse artistic schools in Russia. It has ...
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